Glove for husking



Nofiodem v J. F. GLIDDEN 8: I. A ROBINSON.

GLOVE FOR HUSKING, &c.

Patented July 26, 1881..

N, PETERS. Wow-Lithographer. Washington. 04C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH F. GLIDDEN ANI) ITHAMER A. ROBINSON, OF DE" KALB, ILLINOIS.

GLOVE FOR 'HUSKING, 800.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 244,886, dated July 26, 1881.

Application filed June 23, 1880.

To all whom it may concern:

Be' it known that we, JOSEPH F. GLIDDEN and ITHAMER A. ROBINSON, of De Kalb, in the county of De Kalb, in the State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gloves for HuskingICorn, 860.; and we declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- 1 Figure 1 is a front view of a husking-glove made according to-our improvements. Fig. 2 is a back view of the same. Fig. 3 shows the form of the hand-piece or metacarpal portion of the glove, being all but the thumb and fingers. Fig. 4 represents oncot' the fingerpieces. Fig. 5represents the thumb-piece.

The same letters denote the same parts in all the'figures.

, consists in giving new shapes to the several pieces which are joined together to form the glove, so as to make the construction simpler and more economical than any now in use.

In the drawings, A denotes the hand-piece, a single piece of leather, or other suitable material, which forms the whole of the glove, except the fingers and thumb. The edges a of the triangular cut in the lower magin, just below the thumb-hole a, overlap in forming the glove, and are joined on the line indicated by the rivet-holes b, through which rivets b may be passed. The sides a? are permanently joined together at the points shown by the rivet-holes b on them. Below the rivet-holes they remain free, or are adjustably joined, with more or less overlapping, by the strap and buckle O, as shown in Fig. 2.

Each fingerpiec'e D is so shaped, as shown in Fig. 4, that by turning the left division, at, over upon the middle division, 01, and then lapping the right division, d upon d, so that the two sets of vertical rivet-holes b will coincide, the-finger may be formed by joining d and (1 together, rivets 11 passing through those holes, as shown in Fig. 1.

The side rivets at the upper end of the finger may be dispensed with, as shown in Fig.

(No model.)

1, the upper edges being joined together by the usual seam, and the additional rivets being useful chiefly in husking, though they also serve a purpose in keeping the upper edge of d smoothly lapped against d. The flaps 61 at the lower end of the finger-piece, pass within the hand-piece, and are riveted to it at the front and back through the holes e and 0, respectively, by the rivets e and e", as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The outer flaps also project laterall y, so that those on the several fingers overlap each other, forming a close joint. The slits which separate the flaps may be carried a little farther up the finger, and the adjoining fingers fastened to each other by rivets e, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

It is obvious that a single piece large enough to contain all the fingers may be joined together and to the hand-piece in the mode already described; or there may be two fin ger- .pieces, one to contain a single finger and the other three fingers.

F represents the thumb-piece, which may be joined together on the opposite edges by rivets)" passing through the holes f, the top edges being joined by the usual seam. The lower edge is set into the thumb-hole a of the hand-piece, to which it is joined by rivets f passing through the holes f on the thumbpiece and hand-piece.

It is evident that each piece may be joined together and to the rest of the glove by sewing instead of riveting.

What we claim as our invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a glove, the hand-piece A, adapted to inclose the hand, and having its ends united at the back thereof, perforated at b, and provided with the thumb-hole a, and having the triangular cut in the lower margin below the thumb-hole, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. In a glove, the combination, with the hand '-piece A, of the thumbpiece F, having perforated inclined side edges, an upper rounded middle division and angular points at each side thereof, and an irregularly-curved lower edge, substantially as shown and de= scribed, and for the purposes set forth.

3. In a glove, the combination, with the of said parts, substantially as shown and dehand-piece A, adapted to inclose the hand, and scribed. provided with the thumb-hole a, and a trian- 1 gular out below the latter, of the fingers D 5 and thumb F, secured to the hand-piece A by rivets, each of the parts enumerated being Witnesses: made of a single piece of material, and formed S. D. BURT, by lapping and riveting together the edges A. BEARD. 

